| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Brian "Crush" Adams |
Wrestling |
4-Apr-1964 |
13-Aug-2007 |
WWE wrestler |
| Pasquale Amato |
Singer |
21-Mar-1878 |
13-Aug-1942 |
Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Brooke Astor |
Philanthropist |
30-Mar-1902 |
13-Aug-2007 |
Heiress, philanthropist |
| Mary Austin |
Author |
9-Sep-1868 |
13-Aug-1934 |
Land of Little Rain |
| Helen Gurley Brown |
Author |
18-Feb-1922 |
13-Aug-2012 |
Editor of Cosmopolitan, 1965-97 |
| Eduard Buchner |
Chemist |
20-May-1860 |
13-Aug-1917 |
Cell-free fermentation |
| Henri Cartan |
Mathematician |
8-Jul-1904 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Leader of the math Bourbakistes |
| Julia Child |
Chef |
15-Aug-1912 |
13-Aug-2004 |
Haute cuisine with a unique voice |
| Jane Darwell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1879 |
13-Aug-1967 |
The bird woman in Mary Poppins |
| Gerard David |
Painter |
c. 1460 |
13-Aug-1523 |
Last master of the Bruges school |
| Eugène Delacroix |
Painter |
26-Apr-1798 |
13-Aug-1863 |
19th century French painter |
| William J. B. Dorn |
Politician |
14-Apr-1916 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1947-74 |
| Francesco Durante |
Composer |
15-Mar-1684 |
13-Aug-1755 |
Pastoral Mass |
| Giambologna |
Sculptor |
1529 |
13-Aug-1608 |
The Rape of the Sabine Women |
| Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
| William Stanley Jevons |
Economist |
1-Sep-1835 |
13-Aug-1882 |
Theory of Political Economy |
| René Laënnec |
Doctor |
17-Feb-1781 |
13-Aug-1826 |
Stethoscope |
| David Lange |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1942 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89 |
| Mabel Dodge Luhan |
Author |
26-Feb-1879 |
13-Aug-1962 |
Movers and Shakers |
| John MacDougall |
Politician |
8-Dec-1947 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Glenrothes, 2005-08 |
| Helen Mack |
Actor |
13-Nov-1913 |
13-Aug-1986 |
The Son of Kong |
| Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
| J. Willard Marriott |
Business |
17-Sep-1900 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Founded the Marriott hotel chain |
| Marion Martin |
Actor |
7-Jun-1908 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Boom Town |
| Jules Massenet |
Composer |
12-May-1842 |
13-Aug-1912 |
Manon |
| Armin H. Meyer |
Diplomat |
19-Jan-1914 |
13-Aug-2006 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1969-72 |
| John Everett Millais |
Painter |
8-Jun-1829 |
13-Aug-1896 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Edwin Newman |
Journalist |
25-Jan-1919 |
13-Aug-2010 |
Journalist and commentator for NBC News |
| Florence Nightingale |
Activist |
12-May-1820 |
13-Aug-1910 |
Established nursing as a profession |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| Øystein Ore |
Mathematician |
7-Oct-1899 |
13-Aug-1968 |
Ring theorist |
| Les Paul |
Guitarist |
9-Jun-1915 |
13-Aug-2009 |
Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Johnny Pesky |
Baseball |
27-Sep-1919 |
13-Aug-2012 |
Boston Red Sox |
| James Roosevelt |
Politician |
23-Dec-1907 |
13-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from California, 1955-65 |
| Joe E. Ross |
Actor |
15-Mar-1914 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Car 54, Where Are You? |
| Ignaz Semmelweis |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1818 |
13-Aug-1865 |
Pioneer of antiseptics |
| George F. Shafer |
Politician |
23-Nov-1888 |
13-Aug-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32 |
| Larkin Smith |
Politician |
26-Jun-1944 |
13-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1989 |
| Jeremy Taylor |
Religion |
15-Aug-1613 |
13-Aug-1667 |
Holy Living and Holy Dying |
| Ed Townsend |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Apr-1929 |
13-Aug-2003 |
R&B vocalist, songwriter and producer |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
| Charles Walters |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1911 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| H. G. Wells |
Author |
21-Sep-1866 |
13-Aug-1946 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
| Manfred Wörner |
Diplomat |
24-Sep-1934 |
13-Aug-1994 |
NATO Secretary General, 1988-94 |
